As one of America's top-ranked academic medical centers, our mission is to improve health in Ohio and across the world through innovations and transformation in research, education, patient care and community engagement.
Our Vision
We will push the boundaries of discovery and knowledge, solve significant health problems and deliver unparalleled care.
Our Values
We embody the Buckeye Spirit in everything we do through our shared values of Inclusiveness, Determination, Empathy, Sincerity, Ownership and Innovation.
Education Excellence
The Ohio State University College of Medicine is consistently ranked among the top 40 medical schools in the United States and among the top 15 public universities. The college’s innovative curriculum places students in clinical settings from the start of their first year. We are one of the few schools in the world to offer five dual medical degrees: MD/PhD, MD/MBA, MD/JD, MD/MHA and MD/MPH.
Our School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences offers 23 academic programs including degrees in athletic training, health information management and systems, health sciences, medical dietetics, medical laboratory sciences, occupational therapy, physical therapy, radiologic sciences and therapy, and respiratory therapy.
We have more than 80 accredited fellowship and residency programs and teach more than 1,000 medical professionals each year. In addition, users in approximately 150 countries access our web-based continuing medical education training programs each year.
Research Excellence
Our medical center is home to more than 20 research centers and institutes and 25 core research laboratories that promote collaboration among experts from virtually all departments, divisions and branch campuses of The Ohio State University.
Some of our most recognized research centers are:
Clinical Excellence
One of the nation’s leading academic medical centers, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center offers health care services in virtually every specialty and subspecialty in medicine. Thousands of patients come to us each month for treatments and services they can’t find anywhere else. Our clinical areas of distinctiveness are Cancer, Heart, Neurology, Transplantation, Diabetes, Musculoskeletal, Digestive Diseases and Critical Care. At the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, we’re driving breakthrough health care solutions that transform people’s lives and the communities in which we live.
Proud Part of The Ohio State University
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is a proud part of one of America’s largest and most comprehensive universities. On the university’s main Columbus campus, more than 56,000 students are able to choose from 14 colleges, 175 undergraduate majors and 240 master’s, doctoral and professional degree programs. Ohio State is consistently ranked as Ohio’s best and one of the nation’s top-20 public universities.
The university’s research innovations have attained world-class status, particularly in critical areas such as global climate change, cancer, infectious disease, neurosciences, advanced materials and ag-bio products that feed and fuel the world.
Founded as a federal land-grant institution in 1870, the university has awarded more than 670,000 degrees since 1878. Its legacy extends to more than 465,000 living alumni.